Granger, Indiana · 20th century
1970s
25 dated events in 1970s, in order. Part of the full timeline.
20th century 25 dated mentions
1970s
- 1970–2000The growth decades
Measured at the township line, the place grew eightfold in thirty years; measured at the CDP line, it arrived already large: Harris Township counted 2,860 people in 1970 and would count 24,397 in 2020…
- 1971–todayThe music rooms as music rooms: the Seahorse, Vegetable Buddies, and Bare Hands tested
Frankel (1940–2007) opened the city's first gay club — the date prints in its variance whole: 1971 in the standard reference, "by 1975" in the Talking Hoosier History account, 1974 in the public library's Michiana Memory telling — moved it to a larger room as Seahorse II in 1975, and built its entertainment on drag pageants and shows.
- 1972Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church: the WELS congregation of 1972
The Lutheran seat on this ground dates itself plainly: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, at 16791 Cleveland Road, states on its own record that it has been "sharing the message of Jesus with the people of Michiana since 1972."
- 1972–2006The friendship layer, at its true size: two cities’ sisters, and an empty Granger line
Mishawaka holds one sister: Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan — sister cities since 1972 on the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library’s history of its Shiojiri Room, with the friendship’s roots in a 1964 school letter exchange, the Shiojiri Niwa garden dedicated in August 1987, and the fiftieth anniversary celebrated in 2022.
- 1972–2026Granger Christian School, 1972–2026: the independent school's whole course
Its founding year is given as 1972 in the school listings that carry a verified school update (PrivateSchoolReview's profile, sourced to the school itself) and in the school's corporate profiles; when it closed, the South Bend Tribune counted "55 years," which counts from 1971…
- 1972–2026The modern line, the school-picture firms, and where the pictures live
The floor's modern documentary line is an export: David and Peter Turnley, twins born 22 June 1955 in Fort Wayne, who began photographing in 1972–73 at seventeen in their home town, shared one camera at first, and spent a year on the McClellan Street project, published as McClellan Street (Indiana University Press, 2008…
- 1972–todayThe making layer, and a claim that failed its test
Triangle Truss manufactured roof trusses at the present Big C site from 1972 to 1976 (carried in the suburban-turn entry).
- 1973October 1973: the great wave's share, measured honestly
The state's centre lay in the south, and this ground's share was a watching brief: the October 1973 wave was the largest in American history, and Indiana's share of it was real — but its documented centre was southern and central Indiana, not the St. Joseph valley.
- 1973–2021Children's, young-reader, nature and field-guide writing, as its own cluster
The Gothic children's novelist the university formed: John Bellairs (January 17, 1938 – March 8, 1991), born in Marshall, Michigan, formed at Notre Dame (B.A. English, magna cum laude, 1959), author of fifteen Gothic mystery novels for young readers beginning with The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973)…
- 1973–2024Riverfront plans as their own line, and the planning line whole: zoning to comprehensive plan
The comprehensive-plan sequence in the open record begins with the 1973 Transportation and Land Use Plan , named in the 2002 plan as its predecessor.
- 1973–2026Dead ground rebuilt: the demolished mall, the power centre beside it, and the McKinley Avenue plaza
Dates print in their small conflict, whole: the mall histories give Scottsdale's opening as August 1, 1973, and its redevelopment opening as 2004; the city's own 2011 release dates Erskine Village's opening to 2005.
- 1973–2026The law of keeping: the 1973 ordinance, the Commission it created, its powers and its present form
The City of South Bend's own Historic Preservation Commission page states the founding fact: the Commission "was established by Ordinance in 1973."
- 1974The development corporation, and the neighbourhood corporations as a dated series
South Bend Heritage Foundation, Inc. was established in July 1974 — incorporated first, the tax record shows, as Southold Heritage Foundation, Inc., later renamed…
- 1974–2023The textbook-fee and fee-as-tax lawsuits: the state cases, PHM as plaintiff four hundred times, and the 2023 abolition
App., June 27, 1974), a class action brought by Lillie Chandler, the Court of Appeals upheld the South Bend schools' textbook rental fees — the constitution, the court held, does not require textbooks to be furnished free.
- 1974–2026The modern database era: NUFORC worked as a database for this ground
Counted and dated, and separated from the file era: the National UFO Reporting Center — founded 1974 by Robert J. Gribble, a Washington-state nonprofit holding more than 200,000 reports, freely searchable with no paywall — files reports by the locality the witness names.
- 1974–2026Preservation with its hands on: South Bend Heritage, at its true size for these townships
It was incorporated on 11 July 1974 — first as Southold Heritage Foundation, Inc., the name under which its articles and its 1979 Internal Revenue Service exemption letter run…
- 1975–today1975: Adams Road Development creates Knollwood
The founding fact is the developer's own: the Home Builders Association of St. Joseph Valley's Spring 2019 showcase account, published for Adams Road Development Corp.'s Bradford Shores, states the course plainly: "Adams Road Development entered the Michiana Area in 1975 with the creation of Knollwood and Knollwood Country Club.
- 1976–todayThe mechanism: registration, the fund, leases by the quarter-mile, and the volunteers who groom
The Indiana Snowmobile Trails Program began in 1976, in the words of the DNR's 2025–2027 program manual, "as a cooperative effort between Indiana's snowmobilers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources," its intent "to provide public trails for snowmobilers to use in the pursuit of safe, healthful, outdoor recreation."
- 1977The long-lived house at the doorstep: Gurley Leep, 1977 to the 2026 campus
In 1977 Leep and his former partner Van Gurley expanded to South Bend, acquiring the Buick store downtown.
- 1977The group era's founding, at founding strength: one Buick store, 1977
Mike Leep Sr., ten years from a salesman's desk at Highland Dodge (1967) and three years from his first store of his own (Highland Dodge, acquired 1974, the 1973 variant printing in row 7), joined with his former partner Van Gurley to acquire the Buick franchise in downtown South Bend in 1977.
- 1977–2013The national names by family succession: the speedway builder's grandson, and the other home name of his generation — South Bend ties, graded; the Granger tie is none
The builder's grandson: Ryan Newman (born 8 December 1977, South Bend) said it himself on NBC Sports' NASCAR America in 2017: "My grandfather helped build South Bend Motor Speedway, so racing's been in my blood for a long time."
- 1977–todayProlific genre and popular lines, at true strength
The mystery count the checklist requires is stated: his Father Dowling series runs from Her Death of Cold (1977) through some thirty volumes — the series that became the 1989–91 Father Dowling Mysteries television programme…
- 1978The Blizzard of 1978, tested for the snowmobile only
The Blizzard of 1978 stands told whole in this build's Stories-Mysteries leg — the National Weather Service's station figures, Notre Dame's account, the conflicts printed, the verdict CONFIRMED — and it is pointed to here, not repeated.
- 1979–2026The Grape Road screens in dated generations
University Park Mall, 6501 Grape Road, Mishawaka, opened March 14, 1979, with a three-screen movie theater among its opening tenants, operated by General Cinema Corporation.
- 1979–todayPeace Lutheran School: the Cleveland Road school of the WELS
The school's own synodical federation — Southwest Michigan Lutheran Schools, the WELS federation the school belongs to — dates the school from 1979: "Since 1979, Peace Lutheran School has provided a Christ-centered education."